Coronavirus Covid-19: The Truth, The Symptoms And How To Protect Yourself Against It

No other virus, war, natural disaster or other similar adversity has managed to draw the COLLECTIVE attention in such a powerful way for a very long time. The question what exactly we need to pay attention to is complex (as there are many things that we have been sweeping under the carpet). But isn’t it wonderful that we are forced to slow down, stay home, and (hopefully) reflect without distractions on what is important, what is valuable and what is worth spending our life on. Of course, if we waste this valuable time on watching cute puppies and posting stupid videos on Facebook instead of paying attention to what really matters, we are seriously missing the point here.

So what is coronavirus or covid-19?

Well, to be specific, Coronaviruses refer to a large family of viruses according to the biological classification systems. This family is responsible for many known illnesses in humans like the common cold. It an be spread through the means of respiratory droplets, which are droplets coming out from the mouth of an infected person that may be inhaled by other people by transmission through air or by direct contact.

However, this coronavirus otherwise known as covid-19, is a new strain that has never been identified in human beings and is now causing the current havoc.

Symptoms

The common symptoms of this viral infection are fever, cough and symptoms related to respiratory system like difficulty in breathing, shortness of breath. In its most severe form, it can also lead to SARS, kidney failure, pneumonia and even death.

How To Protect Yourself From Covid-19

Hand Sanitizers:

Hand sanitizers, are mostly alcohol (particularly isopropyl alcohol), along with some emollient and some oils (for the purpose of aroma).

Hand Sanitizers have been proven to have properties capable of killing the microbes present on surfaces and this microbe-killing property is given to Sanitizers by the alcohol present in them.

Although of great importance, especially during the current problem of coronavirus causing destruction around the world, sanitizers should be used keeping in mind that regular and proper washing of hands with soap for a minimum of 20 seconds should be given priority as this is the best method to kill the germs present on our hands and hand sanitizers should be used as an alternative to soap and water.

Wearing Masks:

As the virus has been reported to be spread through the means of respiratory droplets, it becomes very important for people to don masks to safeguard themselves against this dangerous virus.

But at the same time, it should also be noted that people need to wear a mask only around someone they suspect of being infected and they should not necessarily wear it wherever they go. Healthy people have no need to compulsorily wear a mask always and their purchase of masks is causing shortage of masks for health care professionals who need it more as they are always in contact with infected people.

Therefore do not wear a mask always, but do definitely wear it in case you are coming in contact with someone infected or suspected to be infected.

Healthy Diet:

Diet is the basic part of human life and hence it is not a hyped statement that everything concerning the human body revolves around the diet one takes.

Hence, in the battle against the coronavirus, always keep in mind to not take raw food like raw meat, raw eggs or even raw vegetables and cook your food thoroughly and avoid white sugar.

Secondly, one can take food that boosts our immunity like intake of food rich in Vitamin-C (orange, amla, etc), ginger, garlic, coconut oil, oregano, tulsi, nuts and seeds like almond, cashew, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds.

The basic safety tips issued for public include regular and proper hand washing, cooking meat thoroughly, while sneezing cover your nose and mouth and avoid any form of contact with someone showing symptoms of the coronavirus.

At the end of the day, it takes enormous willpower and tremendous effort by the people of this world to contain the disease with unity of mind and purpose. The least we can do as the citizens of this world is to heed the advice of our leaders and follow the health directive of our government by staying at home in order to break the chain of infection.

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